Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-03-11

article Of the Chinese treaty of Ncva7,
1880 lit prohibits the importation of
opium into either country by citizens of
the other); for the erection of public
building at Milwaukee, Wis. OF the fore
going measures, seven became laws by
the expiration of the constitutional ten
days limitation. They we're the Mormon
poiygamy bill, trade dollar redemption
bill, militia bill and four private bills.
THE SENATE BILLS VETOED
were 80 in number, IL being Of public
and % of private character. The pub
lie bills vetoed were as follows: To quie.
the titles of the settlers of the Des Moines
river land (pessed over the veto in the
senate but failed of the necessary two
thirds vote in the house); for the erection
of public buildings at GAINESVILLE, Ohio;
Lafayette, Ind; Sioux City, Iowa; Day
ton, Ohio; (passed over ths veto in both
houses), and Lynn, Mass; to extend the
provisions of the immediate transporta-
tien act, to Omaha, Neb.; to grant a rail-
road right of way through the Indian
reservation in Northern Montana.
THE SO HOUSE BILLS VETOED
incluGed 81 private bills and bills of
public nature. The public bills vetoed
at Sprinfeld Mo-, Duluth Mimi, Ashville
n. c., and Portsmouth Ohio; to distrib-
ute $4,000 worth of sesds among the
drouth stricken people of Texas, and to
grant pensions to dependent relatives of
deceased soldiers. An effort made to
pass the dependent pension bill over the
veto failed.
THR RRGULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS
which failed to become laws we're: The
Notifications bill for both congresses; the
sion, which was not signed by the presi-
dent; and the deficiency bill, on which the
conferees' report was not submitted in
time for action. The failure of the for
tifcations bill was due to the decided DIFF
ferences of opinion between the confer
ess of the two houses.
OTHER BILLS THAT FAILED TO BECOME LAWS.
Fifty bills in addition to those which
became laws and those vetoed were
sent to the president, but were
"pocketed" by him on the adjournment
of congress and therefore failed. The
most important are the following: The
river and harbor bill; to prevsnt the en-
ployment of convict and alien labor on
public works; the O'Neill labor arbitra.
ton bill for the settlement of controver-
sizes between the interstate railroads and
their employees; the Morrison surplus
resolution: the bill establishing addition
al aids to navigation at the mouth of the
Mississippi, and FORGETTING the land grant
to the railroad from Ontonagon 10 the
Wisconsin state line also failed in con
ference, while the bill to create depart
ment of agriculture and labor was killed
nv tho in q nf ito frianI. RI ~
to the conference committee. About
$50 bills and joint resolutions which
passed the house failed of action N the
senate, some of which, however, were
defeated by adverse committee reports.
About $50 bills passed by the senate failed
of passage in the house. The Cameron
pa twin bills appropriating $35,OO0,000
for an increase of the navy were sent to
the naval committee and died there
although the provision for additional
vessels was inserted in the naval apprOp-
ration bill. The twin Notifications bills
which passed the senate were allowed to
sleep in the house appropriations com
mittee room. The Dakota admission
bill still slumbsrs on the house
calendar. The bill for the admission
of Washington territory failed of action,
as did the bill to grant Dearborn park, to
the city of Chicago. The following
national measures failed of action, of an
affirmative vote in either house: The
Morrison and other tariff bills which the
house on test vote refused even to con-
slider; the various bills on the silver
question; to establish uniform
bankruptcy law; the Hennepin Canal bill;
the Oklahoma bill and the Dunn free
ship bill were all reported from the house
committees and all failed to get beyond
the stage of general debate. The bills
to repeal the civil service law and to grant
woman suffrage were killed in the house
by adverse committee reports, and in the
senate by adverse test votes. The
resolution favoring open executive
sessions was defeated in the senate.
Owing to the failure OF the deficiency bill
the recent act of congress extending the
free delivery system to cities and towns
not having less than 10000 inhabitants
or postal revenue of not less than $10,-
600 bscmes imperative until the begin
ming of the next fiscal year when the
regular appropriation act goes into ef.
feet.